I have never rated him as high as most people......

Always considered him a myth just like Maicon he is considered a train going forward and a beast defensively and while its true both are trains going forward ( tho both are nowhere near the threat they once was) but both imo are nowhere near as good as defensively as people make out.....

If you look at goal's Utd concede in big games over the last 3-4 years majority have been due to mistakes by Evra or positional errors by Evra......

No he isnt a top 5 LB.......

He lacks concentration and hunger since the WC. He was managing himself for the WC and then that whole France NT fail got to him... He needs to get himself together.

The biggest problem is not that he's slowed. He's still just as fast according to France NT practice observers. It's the fact that he attacks recklessly... he's lost strategic sense for whatever reason. Because he goes forward so much, he burns himself out and gets exposed late in games.

Needs to get smarter and fast. Abidal is ahead of him on France NT obviously (with Mexes and Sakho back; although Sakho was very shaky yday). His Man U days could be numbered too.